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aerobic capacity
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aerobic capacity,
the maximal amount of physiologic work that an individual can do as measured by oxygen consumption. It is determined by a combination of aging and cardiovascular conditioning and is associated with the efficiency of oxygen extraction from the tissue.


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Here is where you improve your VO2 max, and thus rocket up your cardiorespiratory system, as well as develop a higher threshold for lactate acid.
Worried Kyle turned to Glasgow University boffins who gave him the VO2 Max fitness test.
The researchers found that participants increased their body's capacity to consume and use oxygen - their VO2 max - by an average of 16 percent and dropped their resting heart rates by an average of 4 beats per minute.
 
 
 
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